Eating berries can delay mental decline by up to 2½ years ... according to a study by the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, published in the medical journal, Annals of Neurology.
Berries are good for ageing brains ... Writing in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, researchers at Tufts University say that phytochemicals in berries positively affect how neurons in the brain communicate. In turn, these changes help to prevent cognitive decline and loss of motor skills, resulting in sharper, more spritely seniors.